This post is a Demolition Squad post for CVM. Read the whole article here. We are a confusing country to many looking on from the outside. Our football pitches are measured in yards and our rugby fields in metres. We take our beer in pints and our petrol in litres. (Yet we measure vehicle efficiency in miles per (Imperial) gallon …
Three Lessons in Leadership from the Greatest Manager of All Time
BBC News: Sir Alex Ferguson to retire as Manchester United manager Is it because he is Scottish (born in the same hospital as my little sister) that I experience this retirement with heightened emotion? Was it his passion? Was it his longevity? Was it his knack to spot and nurture talent? Was it his constant drive to produce excellence? Was …
It’s In The Detail: Can we trust eyewitness accounts?
In the last Big Questions article we saw how well established Jesus is in the historical record. History indeed shows Jesus as a man whose life and death had a huge impact on the communities, governments, and religions around him. So what was it about Jesus that produced these momentous tremors on the historical seismograph? The answers can be found in …
Walking With The Psalms
Latimer Minster have recently launched a new devotional series on the books of Psalms. For the next 6 months we will be taking a Psalm a day and reflecting on it. My first reflection, on Psalm 5, is below. Why not add this to your daily devotional? Sign up to the Latimer Minster mailing list to receive an email with …
C. S. Lewis Biography Book Launch in Oxford
Alister McGrath’s new biography of C.S. Lewis, C. S. Lewis: a Life: The Story of the Man Who Created Narnia, has recently gone on sale. To celebrate the launch of the book The Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics are hosting a book launch at Blackwell’s Bookshop in Oxford on Thursday 2nd May. See below for further details. Alister McGrath and everyone …
Tim Keller on the Resurrection
“If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.” Tim Keller The Reason for God
RZIM Europe are Hiring
Keen to work in a growing, exciting ministry based in Oxford? RZIM are currently hiring for four positions. RZIM currently have a number of job opportunities for the following positions: Assistant to the UK Director and UK Communications Director, RZIM EMEA Assistant to the Executive Director and Administrative Support to the office RZIM EMEA Director (The deadline for applying for …
The Historical Jesus
The great, British philosopher Bertrund Russell once said, “Historically it is quite doubtful whether Christ ever existed at all, and if He did we do not know anything about Him.” Outside of the Bible – which incidentally is an incredibly reliable document – what kind of evidence is there that Jesus ever existed? Jesus Christ is arguably the most influential …
‘Why? Looking at God, evil & personal suffering’ by Sharon Dirckx
‘Why?’ is out now and available from The Book Depository & Amazon When I first heard about this book I was in the middle of thinking about suffering myself. I was writing an essay on evil and was consumed with the topic. So it was with great interest that I watched from a distance the last few months of the book’s …